Longhua Guo, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Research Assistant Professor
Institute of Gerontology
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Available to mentor

Longhua Guo, PhD
Assistant Professor
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • Qualifications
    • Postdoc
      University of California, Los Angeles, Human Genetics, 2022
    • Postdoc
      Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, 2017
    • PhD
      University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 2016
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
    Research Overview

    Genetics, Aging, Regeneration, Age reversal, Rejuvenation

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Extraordinary model systems for regeneration.
      Accorsi A, Guo L, Marshall WF, Mommersteeg MTM, Nakajima Y-I. Development, 2024 Oct 15; 151 (20): DOI:10.1242/dev.203083
      PMID: 39012059
    • Journal Article
      Genetics and biology of coloration in reptiles: the curious case of the Lemon Frost geckos.
      Guo L, Kruglyak L. Physiol Genomics, 2023 Nov 1; 55 (11): 479 - 486. DOI:10.1152/physiolgenomics.00015.2023
      PMID: 37642275
    • Preprint
      Regeneration leads to global tissue rejuvenation in aging sexual planarians
      Dai X, Li X, Pletcher S, Paris D, Kruglyak L, Sobota J, Guo L. 2023 bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2023.06.24.546358
    • Journal Article
      Genomic epidemiology of the Los Angeles COVID-19 outbreak and the early history of the B.1.43 strain in the USA.
      Guo L, Boocock J, Hilt EE, Chandrasekaran S, Zhang Y, Munugala C, Sathe L, Alexander N, Arboleda VA, Flint J, Eskin E, Luo C, Yang S, Garner OB, Yin Y, Bloom JS, Kruglyak L. BMC Genomics, 2022 Apr 4; 23 (1): 260 DOI:10.1186/s12864-022-08488-7
      PMID: 35379194
    • Journal Article
      Molecular characterization of a flatworm Girardia isolate from Guanajuato, Mexico.
      Duncan EM, Nowotarski SH, Guerrero-Hernández C, Ross EJ, D'Orazio JA, Clubes de Ciencia México Workshop for Developmental Biology , McKinney S, McHargue MC, Guo L, McClain M, Alvarado AS. Dev Biol, 2022 Sep; 489: 165 - 177. DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.06.003
      PMID: 35710033
    • Journal Article
      Island-specific evolution of a sex-primed autosome in a sexual planarian.
      Guo L, Bloom JS, Dols-Serrate D, Boocock J, Ben-David E, Schubert OT, Kozuma K, Ho K, Warda E, Chui C, Wei Y, Leighton D, Lemus Vergara T, Riutort M, Sánchez Alvarado A, Kruglyak L. Nature, 2022 Jun; 606 (7913): 329 - 334. DOI:10.1038/s41586-022-04757-3
      PMID: 35650439
    • Journal Article
      Retrospective Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Symptomatic Patients Prior to Widespread Diagnostic Testing in Southern California.
      Hilt EE, Boocock J, Trejo M, Le CQ, Guo L, Zhang Y, Sathe L, Arboleda VA, Yin Y, Bloom JS, Wang P-C, Elmore JG, Kruglyak L, Shrestha L, Bakhash SAM, Lin M, Xie H, Huang M-L, Roychoudhury P, Greninger A, Chandrasekaran S, Yang S, Garner OB. Clin Infect Dis, 2022 Jan 29; 74 (2): 271 - 277. DOI:10.1093/cid/ciab360
      PMID: 33939799
    • Preprint
      Molecular Characterization of a Flatworm Girardia Isolate from Guanajuato, Mexico
      Sanchez Alvarado A, Duncan EM, Nowotarski SH, Guerrero-Hernández C, Ross EJ, D’Orazio JA, Biology CDCMW, McHargue MC, McKinney S, Guo L, McClain M. 2022 Jan 1; SSRN Electronic Journal, DOI:10.2139/ssrn.4063485
    Featured News & Stories
    News Release
    NIH High-Risk, High-Reward program awards three U-M Medical School investigators
    Three U-M investigators—Changyang Linghu, Longhua Guo and Sundeep Kalantry—have been acknowledged by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) prestigious High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
    Department News
    Dr. Longhua Guo named a 2024 Pew Scholar
    Congrats to Dr. Longhua Guo for being named a 2024 Pew Scholar to support his research on the molecular and cellular processes that reverse tissue aging.